[GiftEconomy] Fwd: The Sharing Economy Emerges

[Tereza Coraggio]

Thought you might be interested in this...

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> Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life  
> of the candle will not be shortened.
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> - Buddha -
> The Sharing Economy Emerges
> Peer to peer exchange of goods and services has skyrocketed way  
> beyond craigslist.org and Couch Surfing. Now, access to goods and  
> skills is becoming more important than ownership of them. And that  
> has sparked a "Sharing Economy". Gartner Group researchers estimate  
> that the peer-to-peer financial-lending market will reach $5 billion  
> by 2013. Botsman says the consumer peer-to-peer rental market will  
> become a $26 billion sector, and believes the sharing economy, in  
> total, is a $110 billion-plus market. "Is this purely a warm-and- 
> fuzzy kind of thing?" says Ann Miura-Ko, a venture capitalist at  
> Floodgate Fund. "It's not. It's underutilized asset utilization."  
> That is to say, sharing is becoming common place. { read more }
> Be The Change
> Share something. Check out dozens of how-to guides on sharing.  
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